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The Effects of Disruption of Synaptic Signaling on Neuronal Networks
(2020)
The brain is an organ that acts as the conductor of an orchestra – it governs all vital body functions and assures that all organs operate in harmony. Moreover, it plays a crucial role in various tasks such as memory ...
Black Professionalism: Perception and Metalinguistic Assessment of Black American Speakers' Sociolinguistic Labor
(2022)
Metalinguistic awareness encompasses what a language user knows about the relation of social factors (such as age, gender, or race) to linguistic usage, distribution, meaning, or context of occurrence variance. Such embodied ...
Cholinergic Modulation of Network Activity and Applications in Sleep, Memory and Anesthesia
(2023)
In the nervous system, neurons work in tandem with a full range of complex signaling chemicals known as neuromodulators which tune neuron function to fit different behavioral tasks by varying temporal firing of the neurons. ...
Discovery and Simulation of Solar System Bodies in the Age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
(2023)
As science enters an era defined by big data, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence (AI), we have an opportunity to fundamentally change the way we study our solar system. In this thesis I leverage ...
Precision Cosmology with Inaccurate Data: Assessing and Addressing Systematic Errors in Large-Scale Structure
(2021)
Cosmology as a field has made rapid progress over the last 30 years, driven in large part by a massive increase in observational data. Large-scale structure (LSS) surveys have played a key role in this rise of `Precision ...
Reduced-Order Modeling of Turbulent Reacting Flows Using Inertial Manifold Theory
(2021)
Turbulent flows found in aerodynamics, propulsion, and other energy conversion sys- tems pose an inherent computational challenge for extensive predictive simulations. Over the last few decades, a statistical approach for ...
Study of Thermal and Magnetic Properties in Strongly Correlated Materials
(2020)
The search for quantum materials is always an exciting field in condensed matter physics. The strongly correlated materials are one of the most intensively studied systems for decades. Due to the complex interplay between ...
Multidisciplinary Study of Soft Shape Morphing Systems
(2021)
Nature abounds with examples of shape morphing systems where an entity either gradually grows into a complex 3-D shape pattern or rapidly morphs into a new configuration. Inspired by the shape shifting capabilities of ...
Understanding the Impacts of Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere on Thermospheric Dynamics and Composition
(2021)
The Earth’s Ionosphere and Thermosphere (IT) is a highly dynamic system persistently driven by variable forcings both from above (Solar EUV and the magnetosphere) and the lower atmosphere. The forcing from below accounts ...
Symmetry and Reformulation: On Intellectual Progress in Science and Mathematics
(2022)
Science and mathematics continually change in their tools, methods, and concepts. Many of these changes are not just modifications but progress---steps to be admired. But what constitutes progress? This dissertation addresses ...